"Caught Up in You" is the first single released from
Southern rock
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band
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1982
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''. It became their first #1 on the ''Billboard''
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rock chart. It also became one of the band's two top ten pop hits, reaching #10 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
[ Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 629.] Their other Top 10 single, "
Second Chance", reached #6 in 1989. The song also went Top 10 in Canada, peaking at #9 on the RPM Singles chart.
Don Barnes
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sang lead vocals on the song.
Track listing
US 7" single
# "Caught Up in You" – 4:37
# "Firestarter" – 5:01
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
*
List of ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s
References
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1982 singles
38 Special (band) songs
1981 songs
A&M Records singles
Songs written by Jim Peterik
Songs written by Don Barnes